Perjury Investigation for Gonzo? Subpoena for Rove

Well, looks like Goofy Gonzo finally tripped over his own fabrications. He doesn't prep. well for these occasions, otherwise Karl would have made sure he didn't make this mistake.
Speaking of Karl, he gets a direct invite to the fun, now, as well.
None of this matters if the Senate doesn't enforce their subpoenas. I doubt if anyone will take a perjury investigation seriously if they can't enforce subpoenas, either.

Courtesy of the AP.

Democrats urge perjury probe of Gonzales
By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats called for a perjury investigation against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday and subpoenaed top presidential aide Karl Rove in a deepening political and legal clash with the Bush administration.

"It has become apparent that the attorney general has provided at a minimum half-truths and misleading statements," four Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote in a letter to Solicitor General Paul Clement.

They dispatched the letter shortly before Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., announced the subpoena of Rove, the president's top political strategist, in remarks on the Senate floor.

"We have now reached a point where the accumulated evidence shows that political considerations factored into the unprecedented firing of at least nine United States Attorneys last year," said Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Gonzales is at the center of the U.S. attorney controversy, but the call for a perjury probe involved alleged conflicts between testimony he gave the Judiciary Committee in two appearances, one last year and the other this week. The issue revolves around whether there was internal administration dissent over the president's warrantless wiretapping program.

As for the firing of the prosecutors, e-mails released by the Justice Department show Gonzales' aides conferred with Rove on the matter.

Leahy also said he was issuing a subpoena for J. Scott Jennings, a White House political aide.

"For over four months, I have exhausted every avenue seeking the voluntary cooperation of Karl Rove and J. Scott Jennings, but to no avail," the Vermont lawmaker said. "They and the White House have stonewalled every request. Indeed, the White House is choosing to withhold documents and is instructing witnesses who are former officials to refuse to answer questions and provide relevant information and documents."

This is a big deal and the senate needs to get the show on the road. At the rate they have been going, Little Georgy, Uncle Dick, and Gonzo will be retired in Dubai, by the time they try to enforce a subpoena.

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"You have a Monica problem"

oh, NO-O-O-O-O-OOOO...! tell me, doctor, how much time do i have left...? will i get to see my son graduate from high school in may...?

Two years ago, Robin C. Ashton, a seasoned criminal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, learned from her boss that a promised promotion was no longer hers.

“You have a Monica problem,” Ms. Ashton was told, according to several Justice Department officials. Referring to Monica M. Goodling, a 31-year-old, relatively inexperienced lawyer who had only recently arrived in the office, the boss added, “She believes you’re a Democrat and doesn’t feel you can be trusted.”

i don't think i can face the next few months... can somebody just shoot me now...?

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Will Congress get to hear from Monica?

i didn't find out who suggested the special prosecutor yet but i'm sure i'll run across it again eventually... meanwhile, apropos of my previous post, here's josh's take...

[T]he fact that the DOJ is investigating Goodling could put a roadblock in the way of the investigating committees' efforts to give her immunity and force her to testify on Capitol Hill. So Goodling's new alleged wrongdoing could have the perverse effect of preventing her from being forced to go up to Capitol Hill and reveal what she knows about what happened in the Purge.

Go figure.

yeah, go figure...

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Who ya gonna trust? DOJ to investigate whether or not it's politicized.

in an effort, no doubt, to obstruct the house and senate investigations...

The Justice Department has begun an internal investigation into whether a former senior adviser to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales improperly tried to fill vacancies for career prosecutors at the agency with Republicans loyal to the Bush administration, department officials said Wednesday.

The inquiry focuses on whether the former adviser, Monica Goodling, sought to determine the political affiliations of job applicants before they were hired as prosecutors — potentially a violation of civil service laws and a break with a tradition of nonpartisanship in the career ranks at the Justice Department.

The inquiry by the department’s inspector general and the Office of Professional Responsibility was announced on a day in which the House and Senate Judiciary Committees advanced their broader investigations of issues related to last year’s dismissals of eight United States attorneys.

somebody, i can't remember who, suggested yesterday that a special prosecutor might be the appropriate solution, but also pointed out the problem of "who appoints" that special prosecutor... when the entire operation is full of loyal bushies and republican party operatives tasked to run the government as the private fiefdom of george, dick and karl, who ya gonna trust...?

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Schlozman delivers for Karl, Dick and George

brings home the bacon and fries it up in a pan, cuz he's a bushie, b-u-s-h-i-e, i'll say it again, he's a bushie, b-u-s-h-i-e...

Bringing an indictment close to the election can intimidate minority voters, affect voter turnout and potentially even influence the result of the election.

But Bradley Schlozman -- the former U.S. Attorney for Kansas City and controversial deputy head at the Civil Rights Division -- broke with the policy. Not only that, but there's evidence that he rushed four indictments to land just before last November's election.

Indeed, timing aside, even Schlozman's decision to pursue the cases at all is questionable in light of established Justice Department practice. Although trumpeted as cases of voter fraud, the cases alleged only registration fraud, and there's no evidence that those registrations were intended to result in actual fraudulent votes. For that reason, other U.S. attorneys have passed on pursuing similar prosecutions. But Schlozman, who'd worked to push voter I.D. laws while in the Civil Rights Division, leapt at the opportunity.

sleazeman schlozman comes across as a real piece of work, an arrogant, verbally abusive asshole, who, no doubt for those very characteristics (in addition to being a very loyal bushie), makes him invaluable to karl, dick and george...

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Redemption for Gonzo - a headline to gag a maggot

On the Hill, Gonzales Gets His Chance at Redemption

check the definition of the root word to catch the full drift (boldface added)...

re·deem
Pronunciation: ri-'dEm
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English redemen, from Anglo-French redemer, modification of Latin redimere, from re-, red- re- + emere to take, buy; akin to Lithuanian imti to take
1 a : to buy back : REPURCHASE b : to get or win back
2 : to free from what distresses or harms: as a : to free from captivity by payment of ransom b : to extricate from or help to overcome something detrimental c : to release from blame or debt : CLEAR d : to free from the consequences of sin
3 : to change for the better : REFORM
4 : REPAIR, RESTORE
5 a : to free from a lien by payment of an amount secured thereby b (1) : to remove the obligation of by payment (2) : to exchange for something of value c : to make good : FULFILL
6 a : to atone for : EXPIATE b (1) : to offset the bad effect of (2) : to make worthwhile : RETRIEVE

When Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's top aide contemplated the mass dismissal of chief federal prosecutors two years ago, he advocated keeping the "loyal Bushies." Two years later, the question confronting President Bush is whether to keep Gonzales, the very model of a loyal Bushie.

As Gonzales heads to Capitol Hill today for a long-anticipated public interrogation about the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, at issue is the very concept of loyalty in Bush's world. With any other president, many in Washington say, the attorney general would already be gone. Bush has defied the drumbeat from both parties to remove Gonzales, but even the White House considers today's Senate hearing make or break.

regardless of the outcome of today's hearings, one fact remains... the damage done by alberto gonzales to the justice department in the name of his principal "client," george w. bush, is incalculable, and congress has neither the right nor the power to absolve this man from the consequences of his deeds... whether he stays or goes, the damage has been done... redemption for alberto gonzales could mean only one thing - that he repairs the damage he has done, and that would be a choice that he would have to make in his own heart and soul, which, in turn, would mean repudiating the voice of his master to whom he has voluntarily subjugated himself... i consider the likelihood of that happening to be less than zero... without that, there is no "redemption" for gonzo...

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